U.S.S. Curry and other ships from DS9

Are there any known pics of the actual filming model? EAS mentioned this spacedock unit I'd never noticed before. It appears next to the Enterprise in "11001001" and the footage was later recycled for "Remember Me." EAS also says it appeared with the Remmler array in "Starship Mine" although I couldn't spot it in the sceencaps.

Are there any known pics of the actual filming model? EAS mentioned this spacedock unit I'd never noticed before. It appears next to the Enterprise in "11001001" and the footage was later recycled for "Remember Me." EAS also says it appeared with the Remmler array in "Starship Mine" although I couldn't spot it in the sceencaps.

Huh...never noticed that one before. Looks like it has cylindrical TOS nacelles on it - bussards lit up on it and all.

Is this original footage or HD remastered footage? The pic looks very high-res and clean to be NTSC, but I could be wrong. If it is the new remastered HD footage, then maybe it's some little throw-away CG thing they put in with the upgrading process and no physical model actually exists.

It's the HD version, though the spacedock unit definitely existed in the original shots and isn't a modern addition. You can see it much more clearly in HD though. EAS has a picture of the physical model.

I remember a documentary back in the day on tv which was about filming special effects for TNG and they showed that very tugboat the guy picked it up and showed that it was made from disposable razors and a milk carton! XD

Just putting this out there for general discussion. The excelsior kitbashes were never properly identified by class (Shelly, Raging Queen or Centaur types isn't really an official class name). Been wondering if anyone else thought these designs could/should have been other established classes in the Star Trek canon like the Hokule'a, Merced, or Mediterranean classes. I mean hey why not?

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It is my personal belief that these kitbashes should not be equated with the conjectural classes simply because that was not the intention of the model builders, and also that I would rather classes like the Hokule'a, Renaissance and Merced be original designs instead of hastily constructed and out-of-scale kitbashes.

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Ok Ill buy that explanation. However I can't help but feel that these classes (Merced, Hokule'a, Renaissance, etc) were probably in some ways very specialized or at least were never produced to as large a degree as Miranda's or Excelsior's (Starfleet's primary ship designs) and served to supplement the capital ships. The only other "in universe" explanation why we never see them is due to them being antiquated like the Constellation. I'm not a big believer in "failed" designs since why would Starfleet produce something unsuccessful. Also I've seen many of the conjectured designs online and while I think they look great, I almost feel like why would Starfleet make another version of a ship that looks and serves the same purpose as an Excelsior or Ambassador of that time period?

Not every design will work as originally conceived, and certainly there's no reason Starfleet couldn't get around problems by specialization in some cases. The Defiant class springs to mind, having originally been a failed experimental weapons platform with a lot of highly modified systems. It was only the threat of the Dominion that led to its bugs being worked out.

And, of course, we always talk about the big capital ships, but we can't ever truly forget poor ol' Tugboat Willy. I can see a bunch of Runabout parts in there, some AT-ST legs, D'Deridex warp nacelles and Voyager warp pylons at the very least. If we wanna talk about mixed scales, that little guy wins first prize!

Are there any known pics of the actual filming model? EAS mentioned this spacedock unit I'd never noticed before. It appears next to the Enterprise in "11001001" and the footage was later recycled for "Remember Me." EAS also says it appeared with the Remmler array in "Starship Mine" although I couldn't spot it in the sceencaps.

I remember a documentary back in the day on tv which was about filming special effects for TNG and they showed that very tugboat the guy picked it up and showed that it was made from disposable razors and a milk carton! XD

Y'know...looking at that image, I'm now wondering if that was the same miniature as the other one that Unicron mentioned, turned upside-down, and repainted in that bilious palette that all the other DS9 ships were painted in. I see that same boxiness hidden under the surface greebles.

Y'know...looking at that image, I'm now wondering if that was the same miniature as the other one that Unicron mentioned, turned upside-down, and repainted in that bilious palette that all the other DS9 ships were painted in. I see that same boxiness hidden under the surface greebles.

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I don't think they're the same model. Or if it is, that shuttle is completely unrecognizable.

I don't know - It really looks to me like the ship's core has that same angular box-like infrastructure. It was quite common for model builders to re-purpose older single-use models for other single-use scenes to preserve the budget. The many faces of the Antares-class freighter and the Bajoran Transport are prime examples. But yeah, it could be something else completely, too. I just can't tell...

I just noticed that there is a third upside-down "NyQuil" cup painted the hull color at the very front top of the Trieste saucer... I wonder if the modeler(s) had intended to eventually put a third warp nacelle there?

I doubt it - some of the other pictures show four more in the back, topside, behind the engines and surrounding the bridge. There's no way they could have fit that many nacelles on there. I figure they're probably long-range sensor assemblies, much like what can be seen on the saucers of the Constellation and Centaur. Possibly even tachyon emitters/focusing arrays, considering its intended use in the episode for which it was built.